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Reason for Fabinho’s omission from the team: His wife went into labour. “We hope to get some good news from him in a couple of hours,” reports Klopp. Best wishes to Rebecca Tavares and Fabinho.

Rodgers on Pele. “You have seen Torrent, salute. When was the last time here [at Anfield] That was 2015 and I was still a manager here. He always reminded me of my dad, who loved Pele, that was his idol, so when I saw [the news] My first thought was of my father, who had obviously passed away as well. But the outpouring of emotion, the tribute by everyone, really tells you what it was like as a player, but also as a person, and his legend will live on forever, for sure.”

Klopp leaves. In the other direction, Brendan Rodgers. The pair smile and hug warmly, then Rodgers joins Sky for his part in some pre-match patter. “When you come to the biggest teams you need maximum focus and commitment. We were on a great run, but it was different from us at the start of the Newcastle game, when we were down twice after ten minutes. It was tough, so we need to focus and get Our focus right from the start. We chose a midfield with three legs. With the most intention, you have to defend for long periods here, and Wilf [Ndidi] He’s obviously a good defensive player. Hopefully James Madison will be back with the group within the next week to ten days.”

… And to complete Klopp’s hat-trick, here he is in Cody Gacbo. “We’ve had interest in Cody for a long time. You know our situation, we can’t just pick players and put them on top and top all the time. We need to raise money a little bit before we can spend a little bit, and then we can collect it again. So Cody is an interesting player.” He was really respected and loved at PSV and we think this is the right moment to put him in. He can play in all four matches. [forward] positions, and this is very rare. He has size, physicality, he can shoot out of the box, he has a good finishing nose, he’s fast, he’s a good dribbler. There are so many things to get excited about. Players usually develop well with us, and it’s really good.”

Klopp – speaking to Sky Sports – moves on to tonight’s game. “The stats aren’t very important. We lost the last game against them, I can feel that if I think about it. You see, Leicester had a tough start to the season like we did, but they found a way to it. Their squad has a lot of pace, when they play against us they kick the ball away, so We don’t know exactly, we have to be ready for everything. It’s Anfield, we’ve been playing here for a long time. We can’t wait and now we have to create an atmosphere.”

Jurgen Klopp on Pele. “My dad always said, whatever happens in the future, Pele is the best. That’s in my opinion. I only saw him as a kid playing, but I met him once around the 2006 World Cup, and [genuine childlike excitement sparkles in his eyes] I have an autographed shirt he gave me for my birthday, which is so special! So it’s really hard to be honest. Yeah. Let me put it this way: I believe in God and whatever team he’s playing for now, they have a decent player. So everything will be fine. But of course it will be a huge loss and may he rest in peace.”

Liverpool made one change to the starting line-up in the aftermath of a 3-1 win over Aston Villa on Boxing Day. Harvey Elliott comes on for Fabinho, who is completely absent. Ibrahim Konate has returned from his post-World Cup break on the bench.

Leicester make two changes to the team Newcastle beat 3-0 at home. Ayoze Perez is making only his second start of the season, while Wilfried Ndidi is also in action. Youri Tielemans falls to the bench, while Dennis Praet is out with an injury. James Madison was also injured. Jamie Vardy starts on the bench.

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